The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-11
Local and state Note..

The T. b. e. w. road in June earned 1897, 999
an increase over the corresponding week of 1886
OF 81 ,065.
The Wabash road proper, in the month of
June. earned 1923. AIS; increase over the CORE
spending week of 1886, 1923, 92l.
A number of passenger men left last night for
Niagara Falls to attend the meeting OF passenger
agents which convenes there on Tuesday.
A train Of twenty-one cars passed over the
Wabash proper last week, carrying huge mon
ument of granite, shipped from Maine to ST.
Louis
Twenty men were discharged out of the Van
dalia shops at Terre Haute, last week, and this
has created anxiety among the remaining en-
ployes lest further dsmissals may be made.
Samuel A. Myers has been appointed travelling
passenger agent Of the Pennsylvania lines west
of Pittsburg. with headquarters at Pittsburg
Mr.. Myers succeeds VIM. E. Starr, resigned.
Geo. H. Staynor. of the Cincinnati, Hamilton
e. Dayton lines, was in Cleveland on Friday and
Saturday last, taking soundings. He is still
determined, it is stated, to get line into Cleve
land
III. Macdonald has been offer ed the general
managership Of the Pittsburg q Western road.
and should he accept j. j. Fletcher is to be made
general manager of the Cairo, Vincennes & Chi
,ago road
The shipments of stone from the Bedford
quarries over the L.. N. A. g. c., are the heav-
lest at the present time known. The stone
Is going south ward for bridge work and north
yard for building purposes.
The Indianapolis e. vincennes company on
Saturday received from PittsDurg 300 tons Of
new steel rails to be placed in their track imme-
diately. The ]. & V. bridge White river
has been patched up and pronounced safe by the
shef engineer.
The Indianapolis Fcar-works SO crowded
with work that they have again put a night
force in several departments President Mil
lard is NOT bidding new work unless plenty
Of time is given to fill the contracts.
Work on the extension of the Lake Erie S
Western road Go Peoria is progressing finely.
For seventeen miles the grading and bridging is
nearing completion, and between Mackinaw and
Peoria grading Is being pushed vigorously.
Denver as well as Peru, Ind, is considerably
disturbed that Loeansport is again coming into
prominence a railroad point at the expense of
the former towns 1t is not so convenient for
the Denverites to 60 to Peru under the old
style OF running trains
There were transferred over the Belt road last
week 0,045 cars, against 5000 the corresponding
week 1886; increase this year, 1.945 cars. Belt
road engines last week handled S02 carloads of
live stock against TAG in the corresponding week
1856, increase this year. 56
Chas. NJ, Hayes is the youngest man in the
sountry who holds as important railroad posi-
ton az that OF general manager of the roads in
the Wabash system, formerly under the control
of A A. Talmage His will be watched
with interest by veteran railroaders.
The Pittsburg. Fort Wayne s. Chicago road
has asked, and rather insists that a reduction in
east bound rates shall be made out of Chics 60 on
several classes Of freight The other roads have
induced them to wait few days, that further
consideration may be given the matter.
The decision OF receiver McNulta, of the Wa
bash road, to ignore the longand short haul
clause OF the Interstate commerce law IL cre-
stiug good deal of talk in freight circles 1t is
argued that he Ia not justified in taking such
sction. ss composition Is great enough at all
,olnts the Wabash touches
IL is stated that agents of the Ives -Staynor
,yndcate. which has been buying up railroads
this section so largely of late, have been visit
ng country banks in interior New York and
Pennsylvania. and offering per cent interest
or money, giving as security Cincinnati, Ham,
lton a. Dayton stock at par
Geo. K. Harrington, general agent Of the
freight department of the Vandalia, attended
he meeting of freight in Chicago last
week and made his maiden address before a
body Of freight officials. It is said he talked
rates with as much Familiarity did some of
;he veteran general freight agents.
The citizens of Rockville. Ind, held a meet
ng. on Friday night and passed resolutions fla
yoring earnest effort being made to secure
Tor that town the Indiana Midland road now
building westward by the route which will give
shem the largest subsidies. A COMMITTEES
appointed TO take proper steps to secure the
building of the road TO Rockville
There is q growing feeling in railroad and
business circles that the boycott certain
roads running west out of ST Lonis has become
N intolerable nuisance, and should be dropped.